The European Union intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months over its war in Ukraine, according to the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. The announcement comes amid ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine.
The European Union is preparing to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months, including measures targeting 14 foreign crypto service platforms and introducing country-level transaction bans that could cut EU operators off from crypto providers suspected of sanctions evasion, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
Greece vetoed the EU's 21st Russia sanctions package to shield Dynagas, a Greek LNG shipping company owned by George Prokopiou, from a proposed ban on transporting Russian LNG to third countries. Athens' objection delayed the package by at least a week after three days of failed negotiations.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced he is cutting all contact with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas after she reportedly compared Israeli policy to apartheid-era South Africa. Kallas has called for maintaining constructive dialogue with Israel.
EU foreign ministers formally green-lighted sanctions targeting violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stating 'extremisms and violence carry consequences.' Israeli PM Netanyahu condemned the move as 'moral bankruptcy.'
